Cormcolash
Well-Known Member
Right, I've just had a new idea (for me) about the organisation of tours in Ireland for bands from outside Ireland.
Basically, I reckon we should have a "touring bands" Calendar here on Eirecore which anyone can use and into which people can enter their dates for any touring bands they have coming over. It should be posted in a new thread which should be stickied at the top of the forum.
The Calendar should stretch to at least 1 year, so anyone who is booking a tour for someone can go forward to the dates and see if there is anything else happening around that time.
The default view for it should be the current month, but then you should be able to click a next or back button to see whatever month you want to see.
I'm not quite sure how this would be set up, but I'll bring this thread to the attention of Pete to see what he thinks.
The reason I think we could use this is that there are now quite a lot of people around Ireland organising tours for foreign bands, and it is becoming more difficult to make sure that tours aren't clashing. For instance, in February, I currently know of 4 tours that are being booked, and I don't know if any of the organisers are aware of the other things happening (so far no clashes though, yeah!).
Also I have had numerous occasions of being asked to put on a gig for some touring band, only for it to be on the same date as some other band is already playing.
Most of the people who are booking tours for punk bands (and even just diy bands that don't quite fit the genre but would still be of interest to people) are using this forum to advertise or to get in touch with other cities for gigs, so if we had a Calendar with all the tours listed in it then we could all just check it to see what is on around the same time when we are trying to book a tour. Then when the tour is booked, we're able to enter it into the Calendar for other people to see.
That way tour clashes will be kept to a minimum, which is a good thing for everyone.
What does everyone think?
Basically, I reckon we should have a "touring bands" Calendar here on Eirecore which anyone can use and into which people can enter their dates for any touring bands they have coming over. It should be posted in a new thread which should be stickied at the top of the forum.
The Calendar should stretch to at least 1 year, so anyone who is booking a tour for someone can go forward to the dates and see if there is anything else happening around that time.
The default view for it should be the current month, but then you should be able to click a next or back button to see whatever month you want to see.
I'm not quite sure how this would be set up, but I'll bring this thread to the attention of Pete to see what he thinks.
The reason I think we could use this is that there are now quite a lot of people around Ireland organising tours for foreign bands, and it is becoming more difficult to make sure that tours aren't clashing. For instance, in February, I currently know of 4 tours that are being booked, and I don't know if any of the organisers are aware of the other things happening (so far no clashes though, yeah!).
Also I have had numerous occasions of being asked to put on a gig for some touring band, only for it to be on the same date as some other band is already playing.
Most of the people who are booking tours for punk bands (and even just diy bands that don't quite fit the genre but would still be of interest to people) are using this forum to advertise or to get in touch with other cities for gigs, so if we had a Calendar with all the tours listed in it then we could all just check it to see what is on around the same time when we are trying to book a tour. Then when the tour is booked, we're able to enter it into the Calendar for other people to see.
That way tour clashes will be kept to a minimum, which is a good thing for everyone.
What does everyone think?
